Six Common Mistakes in Conservation Priority Setting

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-485

  Game, Edward T ^a   Kareiva, Peter ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation Action Planning; Conservation planning; Decision science; Measurement theory; Operations research; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK;

EID: 84878360477     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12051     Document Type: Article

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